Pacificampa wudonghuii Sendra, 2021

Sendra, Alberto, Selfa, Jesús, Bu, Yun & Luan, Yun-Xia, 2025, A synopsis of the Campodeidae dipluran fauna from China (Arthropoda, Hexapoda) with a taxonomic key, ZooKeys 1239, pp. 147-181 : 147-181

12. - Pacificampa wudonghuii Sendra, 2021

Description.

Body length 6.5–6.9 (adults) mm, 3.9 (juvenile) mm. cuticle smooth under optical microscope but clearly reticulated under high magnifications with scattered external glands; smooth clothing setae; bacilliform sensillum in ventral position of the third antennomere, between c – d macrosetae; plain frontal process. Pronotum has 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 la, 1 + 1 lp macrosetae; mesonotum has 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 la, and 2 + 2 lp macrosetae; and metanotum has 1 + 1 ma and 1 + 1 lp macrosetae; long barbed macrosetae; barbed marginal setae longer than clothing setae; elongated legs reach posterior border of seventh abdominal segment; mesothoracic and metathoracic femora have one dorsal macroseta each; calcars with two or three long barbs; prothoracic and mesothoracic tibia with one short ventral macrosetae with one apical barb and two in metathoracic tibia; subequal elbowed claws with smooth ventral surface ridged on dorsal side that can be mistaken for lateral crests under optical microscopes, between a blunt unguiculus and without lateral processes; distribution of abdominal macrosetae on urotergites 0-1 + 1 ma on III; 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 la, and 2 + 2 lp on IV – VII; 1 + 1 mp and 3 + 3 lp on VIII; and 1 + 1 mp and 5 + 5 lp on abdominal segment IX; ma and la macrosetae with barbs and shorter than mp and lp barbed macrosetae; urosternite I with 7 + 7 macrosetae; urosternites II – VII with 4 + 4 macrosetae; urosternite VIII with 1 + 1 macrosetae; stylus setae smooth; female urosternite I with subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae; male with thick short, and subcylindrical appendages, each with large apical field of glandular a 1 setae.

Habitat.

Deep subterranean ecosystems, in caves habitats.

Distribution.

Endemic in China (Liaoning).

References.

Sendra et al. (2021 b).